Reverse Attack

You can't steer. Every shot pushes you the other way.

Reverse Attack is a fast arcade shooter with one twist: your ship has no engine controls. The only way to move is the recoil from your own guns, so every shot at an enemy pushes you away from it, and to fly toward the warp gate you have to shoot behind you.

Four guns, four ways to move

• Pulse Blaster: steady shots, steady push
• Scatter Shotgun: a 5-pellet blast that doubles as an emergency dodge-jump
• Gatling Thruster: rapid fire that works like a jet engine
• Plasma Railgun: pierces enemies and launches you across the screen

Master the recoil

• Heat: if you overheat, you lose your guns and your only way to move
• Ram: fly fast enough and you smash enemies head-on
• Bank shots: bounce off colony buildings for double score
• Combo: chain fast kills for up to ×8

Fight through four space colonies: splitting asteroids and drone swarms, chain-reacting mines, alien spore pods and bio-cruisers, and a turret-guarded fortress. Destroy enough enemies to unlock each warp gate, survive the ambush, and warp deeper. After the fourth colony it loops with elite enemies, and it keeps getting harder.

Controls

• Mouse: aim and click (or hold) to fire. Keys 1–4 switch weapons, P/Esc pauses.
• Touch: touch and drag to aim and fire, and tap the weapon buttons.

Currently in development. Feedback is very welcome in the comments!